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Hi all, the chip shop opposite the Reform Chapel was on the corner of Upwell Lane & Upwell Hill it was owned by Mrs Smith 1940's/50's I can't remember the name of the people who took it over from them, it was after them that it changed to a Chinese chip shop, I think it was called (The San Pan).The hairdresser's was owned by a Mrs Rawlings who had a daughter called Elaine,( a number of years before that it was a plumbers shop owned by a Mr Lucas). The newsagents on the corner of Wensley st was owned by Mrs Robinson Graham Lee was her grandson. Jean J

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Hi all, I feel sure that the shop by the side of Bagley Dyke and what was Owlet Lane (opposite The Reform Chapel) was owned by a distant relative of mine a chap called Charlie( Wag) Smith he had it as a grocery shop, and then I believe it became Pearsons used car spares.

I am told that the old toilets is an extension to the garage to make it a bigger shop.

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Was on Upwell st my best pal who I never met,was a kid called Keith Pearson,not seen him for 40 years,he was a Blade and took him and another Blade to watch us lose at Huddersfield in the early 70s but couldn't convert them.

We're both well mate,scorchio out here at the moment.

Hi Dave

The kid you knew Keith Pearson ,

You would'nt know by any chance if his mom was called Pat , would you ?

My point is that my old workmate at Firth Browns, who died 3 years ago, wanted a similar car and we spotted a 1952 Ford Anglia E494a for sale on the garage forecourt parked just to the left of the toilet block. I think the sign said £60. Anyway he bought it in 1964.

Many years later, in 2001, I bought a car of the same model for old times sake and kept it for six years. Here it is....

The above pics were overlooking the rear of the houses on Grimesthorpe Road on the right between Harrisons fruit and veg shop and the end walls of the steelworks. Note the man with the cap hogging the shots again ....

My point is that my old workmate at Firth Browns, who died 3 years ago, wanted a similar car and we spotted a 1952 Ford Anglia E494a for sale on the garage forecourt parked just to the left of the toilet block. I think the sign said £60. Anyway he bought it in 1964.

Many years later, in 2001, I bought a car of the same model for old times sake and kept it for six years. Here it is....

The above pics were overlooking the rear of the houses on Grimesthorpe Road on the right between Harrisons fruit and veg shop and the end walls of the steelworks. Note the man with the cap hogging the shots again ....